Culinary utensil.



No. 713,575. Patented Nov. ll, I902.

H. VON UFFEL. CULINARY UTENSIL. (Applicatioli filed Mar. 10. 1902.)

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UNTT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN VON UFFEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ROYALMANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, A PARTNERSHIP ASSO- CULINARY UTENSIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,575, dated.November 11, 1 2- Application filed March 10, 1902. Serial No. 97,477-(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN VON UFFEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, in the State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCulinary Utensils; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,true, and exact specification of the same, reference being had to theappended drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

Hy chief. object in the said invention is to provide satisfactory meansfor holding the basketin position above the pan or other utensil whendesired without the assistance of the operators hand, such means alsoproviding a convenient handle or handles for the utensil.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combination ofparts hereinafter particularly set forth.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of afrying-pan and basket embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sideelevation of a kettle or deeper pan and basket constituting amodification of the same. Fig. 3 represents a detail rear view,enlarged, of the upper ends of one of the supports and the eye formedtherein. Fig. 4 represents a detailview of the hook and the proximatepart of the basket. Fig. 5 represents a detail view of the hook engagedwith the walls of the eye, proximate parts of the basket and supportbeing also shown. Fig. 6 represents a central vertical section of thesame.

A, Fig. 1, designates a frying-pan having the usual handle a, and B thedraining-basket having a handle 6. For these handles bails I and I maybe substituted, as shown in Fig. 2, these being used with a kettle,skillet, or deeper pan F. The food is, as usual, placed in the basket,the latter being lowered into the lard or similar material in the panfor cooking and lifted for draining, it being then held approximately inthe position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It is found inconvenient to hold itthus by the operators hand alone. Consequently a support has beensometimes used at a point diametrically opposite to the handle a. Such asupport is shown in Fig. 1

rising nearly vertically from the pan, while in Fig. 2 I have shown twosuch supports diametrically opposite to each other and marked E E.Heretofore a projecting part or attachment of the rim of the basket hasbeen provided to rest on the support. For this I substitute a flat hook0, preferably integral with the said rim, extending outward therefrom ina neck 0 and also extending on both sides to form a terminaldoublehook,as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

The upper end of each support E is broadened to form an eye D, the lowerpart of which is narrowed at d by cheeks or flanges 6, extendinginwardly toward each other. In attaching the basket to the pan the neck0 is set into the narrow part at of the eye, with the hook catchingbehind the cheeks or flanges e c, said neck corresponding in length tothe thickness of the said cheeks at its base, so that the rim of thebasket is held tightly against the front ,of the bottom of the eye,Figs. 5 and 6, said hook preferably bearing against the top of across-bar H of the eye, and the basket is kept horizontal without anyhelp from the hands of the cook, who is left free for other work duringdraining.

When the basket and food are to be lowered into the pan or removedaltogether from it, the basket is easily lifted, bringing the hookopposite the broad upper part G of the eye, through which it is easilywithdrawn. The said upper part is bent outward and upward, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 6, so that it forms an auxiliary handle, which is veryconvenient for picking up the pan alone or the pan and basket together.When two supports and their eyes are used, as in Fig. 2, either one ofthem may be used to support the basket, and the outwardly-bent upperparts G G of the eyes make very convenient handles, arrangeddiametrically opposite each other, for lifting the kettle, as stated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. In combination with a draining-basket, provided with anoutwardly-extending hook, a pan or like utensil, provided with anupwardlyextending support, having an eye formed therein, which isnarrower in its lower part than its upper part, the said hook beingadapted to catch behind the walls of the said narrower part and thelength of the hook corresponding to the thickness of the eye, in orderthat they may hold the basket securely horizontal with its rim againstthe support for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a draining-basket having an outwardly-extendinghook 0, consisting of a neck 0 and a terminal part extending on bothsides thereof and raised vertically, a pan or like utensil having araised support in the upper end of which is formed an eye D having abroad upper part and a narrower lower part provided with cheeks orflanges e, the lateral parts of the hook catching behind the said cheeksand the length of the neck corresponding to the thickness of the eye, inorder that said hook and eye While in engagement may hold the basketsecurely in horizontal position against the said support substantiallyas set forth.

3. A pan or like culinary utensil provided with a raised basket-supporthaving an eye formed in it, in combination with a detachabledraining-basket, provided with a hook which engages the said eye, theseparts being adapted to hold the basket in horizontal position at willand the upper part of the said eye being broadened and bent outward inorder that it may not only provide for the convenient detachment of thehook and hasket but may also afford a convenient outwardly-bentauxiliary handle for the pan,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses, this 6th day of March, 1902.

HERMAN VON UFFEL.

Witnesses:

HARRY A. HOLGATE, R. E. BABCOCK.

